Photo credit: @SJSUSpartanFB

By: Ana Kieu

San Jose State has been playing a lot of far-fetched opponents and Utah State was one of them. The Spartans wrapped up their road trip with the Aggies inside the Maverik Stadium in Logan, Utah on Saturday.

The Spartans opened the scoring as Tre Jenkins had the punt return for a 41-yard touchdown on the muted punt for an early 7-0 lead at the 11:09 mark of the first quarter.

The Aggies hastily tied the score 7-7 with 8:45 left in the first. Jordan Love threw a 42-yard pass to Jordan Nathan, who scored the game-tying touchdown, and Dominic Eberle kicked in the extra point.

Eberle kicked in a 26-yard field goal to put the Aggies ahead 10-7 with 5:24 left in the first.

The Spartans trailed the Aggies 10-7 at the end of the first.

The Spartans opened the scoring to start the second quarter. Bryce Crawford kicked in a 26-yard field goal to tie the score 10-10 at the 13:53 mark of the second.

From there, the game was pretty much in the Aggies’ hands. Love threw a 24-yard pass to Gerold Bright and Eberle kicked in the extra point for a 17-10 lead at the 10:22 mark of the second. Love rushed for a 1-yard touchdown and Eberle kicked in the extra point to make it 24-10 Aggies with 7:29 left in the second. Bright rushed for a 29-yard touchdown and Eberle kicked in the extra point to give the Aggies a 31-10 lead with 5:20 left in the second. Darwin Thompson capped off the first half scoring with a 7-yard passing touchdown from Love and an extra point from Eberle to help the Aggies to a 38-10 lead at the end of the half.

The Aggies struck first to start the second half. Darwin Thompson rushed for a 59-yard touchdown and Eberle kicked in the extra point to expand the Aggies’ lead to 45-10 just 31 seconds into the third quarter.

Love threw a 35-yard pass to Tre Walker, who scored a touchdown, and Crawford kicked in the extra point to help the Spartans reduce the deficit to 45-17 at the 10:12 mark of the third.

The Aggies added two touchdowns in the third to put the game out of reach for the Spartans. Love threw a 37-yard pass to Jalen Green, who scored a touchdown, and Eberle kicked in the extra point for a 52-17 lead with 7:09 left in the third. Love then threw a 88-yard pass to Darwin Thompson, who scored a touchdown, and Eberle kicked in the extra point to make it a 59-17 lead with 4:33 left in the third.

Not much scoring occurred in the fourth quarter, but it didn’t matter as the Spartans dug themselves in a hole from the get-go. Eberle kicked in a 24-yard field goal to put the Aggies ahead 62-17 with 8:37 left in the fourth. Spartans head coach Brent Brennan put in Michael Carrillo to the game, and while Carrillo threw a 75-yard pass to Walker for the final touchdown to cut the deficit to 62-24 just 11 seconds later; it was too little, too late.

San Jose State got blown out by Utah State 62-24.

Notes
The Spartans sported their white and gold uniforms for today’s game.

Up Next
The Spartans return home to host the Wolf Pack on Saturday, November 17 at 2:00 pm PT.